Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Morelia International Film Festival in NYC


If you couldn't catch this at El Museo del Barrio, don't miss it! Es gratis, thanks to the people at Celebrate Mexico Now!

Winners of the 2006 Morelia International Film Festival
Friday , September 7 , 7:00 pm

Screening of selected shorts and a documentary from the 2006 Morelia International Film Festival, followed by a Q & A with filmmakers Elisa Miller and Gustavo Gamou, moderated by Carlos Bolado.

"En el Cielo como en la Tierra"
Dir. Natalia López
(experimental, 20 minutes)

Abandoned by their mothers and facing a bewildering adult universe of hostile and fleeting encounters, Manuel and Octavio find each other.

Ver Llover
Dir. Elisa Miller
(fiction, 14 minutes)
* Winner of the 2007 Short Film Palm D’Or at Cannes Film Festival

The story of two teenagers, Jonás and Sofía, living in a small Mexican town. Sofía wants to leave, and Jonás must decide if he goes with her or stays with his mother.


La Palomilla Salvaje
Dir. Gustavo Gamou
(documentary, 55 minutes)

José Alfredo Jiménez, a cab driver, and his friend Reinaldo Cruz, a shoeshiner, decide to change their lives and follow their dream of forming a group of amateur rodeo cowboys to challenge the pros.

Address: 209 East 23rd Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
Information & Reservations: 212.592.2180

Free Admission

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